*Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF) and Cllr Paul Murphy (FG). DESCRIBED as “a true Magpie”, Cllr Paul Murphy (FG) made history for ‘the fishing village’ by becoming the first Clarecastle person elected as the Mayor of Clare.
*Newly elected Mayor of Ennis Municipal District, Cllr Mary Howard (FG) with her Deputy Mayor, Cllr Pat Daly (FF). AN EMOTIONAL Cllr Mary Howard (FG) remembered her late father Michael himself a giant in Clare politics as she became Mayor of the Ennis Municipal District for the first time.
*Photograph: Paul Corey WASTEWATER capacity exists in Ennis and the town is not closed for business when it comes to development, a senior official in Clare County Council has stressed.
*Photograph: John O’Neill. ENNIS’ Road to Nowhere which has remained undeveloped for seven years is stopping the development of up to 260 homes.
*Photograph: John O’Neill. A COHORT of Fianna Fáil councillors in Clare have called out their party leadership and Government colleagues for failing to clamp down on the funding of Israeli war bonds.
*Hermitage. Photograph: John Mangan SURFACES of the roads and footpaths of Hermitage are in an “acceptable condition” according to senior engineers in Clare County Council despite ongoing complaints for close to two years following a resurfacing job.
*Ennis Hospital. FIGHTING to get an emergency department for Ennis represents “the opportunity of a lifetime” for politicians in the county.
Mayor of the Ennis Municipal District, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) unveils the Mike McTigue Bridge surrounded by Cllr Pat Daly (FF), Michael McTigue, Kevin Rynne and Nicholas Rynne. Photograph: Paul Corey. AN ENNIS BRIDGE has been renamed in honour of a world-champion boxer from Kilnamona.
ENNIS STUDENTS quizzed MEPs on the rise of the far-right, challenging misinformation and the role of the European Union.
A TRIENNIAL family gathering crediting with giving “an economic boost” to Clare will receive a mayoral reception in Ennis.
